Six kangaroos found in van in Austria

Traffic police who stopped a driver for looking jumpy opened the back of his van - and found six kangaroos inside.

Andreai Branimir, 42, was arrested in Nickelsdorf, Austria, as he tried to smuggle more than 60 animals and birds back to his Bulgarian homeland. The animal trafficker told police he'd bought the animals from a broke wildlife park in Holland and was driving them home across Europe.



Officers found dozens of parrots, peacocks, birds of paradise and small mammals crammed in with the six kangaroos.

Branimir is facing five years in jail for animal trafficking, while the animals are now being cared for at local wildlife centres. One police officer added: "They were being kept in appalling conditions with nothing to eat or drink. It was heartbreaking."